Sandwiches of Awesome

Sandwiches.

Sandwiches are AWESOME.

We have been back to school a bit over 6 weeks, and the lunches have been on the top of the list.

We are FANTASTIC at the beginning of the year. Everyone has a lot of plans, lots of initiative, lots of spunk and drive to make it the BEST.LUNCH.EVER. We plan for things like cold pasta salad, chicken legs, some people do sushi rolls (with a lot of ice packs), baked potatoes with cheese, veggie pizza - we start off really, really well.

My kids (mostly) pack their own lunches, with of course a bit of a hot and heavy oversight from the mama. But about two months in, we seem to lose steam and how many sandwiches can one eat, anyway?

Sandwich crackers to the rescue! I like sandwich crackers for my kids because they are two awesome things (really yummy crackers) with an amazing (filling, the really true and best part of anything) in the middle.

I was provided with the opportunity to review the Lance Toast Chee, Whole Grains and Quick Starts crackers. Because we have peanut allergies in our house, my daughters take the peanut butter crackers to school, and those are their very favorite days. A packet of peanut butter crackers, a banana, carrot sticks, a milk box and a cookie, and they are golden. Toasty, baked whole grain crackers filled with real peanut butter are a wholesome and easy no brainer.

We've basically got lunch wrapped up. It's as easy as can be.

Breakfast, though. Breakfast is a sticking point. Getting up, getting ready, and getting out the door seems to be all that we can handle. The breakfast part often gets shoved to the side.

Enter the new Quick Starts. Available in Blueberry, Cinnamon roll and (squee!) Maple French toast, these cracker sandwiches are every bit as filling as a traditional breakfast sandwich, but much more portable and easy to toss them at the kids as they run out to the car. I usually hand them a packet of breakfast crackers and a protein shake and they've got just enough time to swallow it down before the first bell - so that lets them sleep an extra 15 minutes.

Very, very important. :)

When we stay home, though, I like to fancy them up a bit. Served with a bowl of yogurt and fruit, it's a fantastic fancy breakfast that looks much more difficult to prepare than it actually is - and has a more than 80% chance of being actually, you know, eaten.

Which everyone knows is half the battle.

One of the best ways that we enjoyed all of the different varieties of crackers was on a recent fishing trip. After all, it's hard to hold a sandwich and a fishing pole, but the crackers are just the right size to pop in the mouth while you are waiting and waiting for the fish to jump up on the hook, already.

When my son was little, he had a ton of sensory issues- especially chewing and swallowing certain textures. Bread was the worst! To this day (he's 14!) our sandwiches still don't always include bread, unless it's toasted. One of his faves was a "pizza sammich"- literally 2 chunky slices of cheese with pepperoni in between, or cucumber slices/cream cheese, apples/cheese (hmm... I'm sensing a theme here), anything but bread. We just stacked up whatever he wanted :) Those crackers look yummy!! I've been trying to find something new, but still quick, for my kids to have in the morning. We never have time for a "traditional" breakfast, and none of us like to eat first thing in the a.m. anyway. Thanks for the info- love your blog!! (Your chicken/cream cheese in a crockpot dinner is sooooo good!)

It's not a sandwich... but another quick lunch idea if your family likes salad.... the BLT salad. Romaine lettuce (cut up quickly with a knife not torn to save time), chopped up tomatoes, and crumbled real bacon bits. (Keep bacon separate until time to eat). The juice from the tomato was all the dressing it needed (for me). It's delicious and not too skimpy or too filling. (I also keep the bacon crumbles for topping deviled eggs with or to add to egg salad sandwiches.)

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Carmen Staicer is a whirlwind of energy and execution, who never sleeps and drinks way too much coffee. She works from home as Social Media Programs Manager for SheKnows, and is the mom to six kids, most of whom play instruments, sing or dance and all of whom are much smarter than she will ever be. In other words, her house is never ever quiet or still. A concentration of asthma, food allergies, spectrum disorders and learning disabilities means that she spends an awful lot of time second guessing herself and Dr. Googling, as well as learning to cook everything the family might like to eat. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, boxing (she has her Black Belt in Muay Thai), sleeping, exploring coffee shops, photography, ballet class and cooking. She excels in being a smart mouth and has her major in sarcasm, with a dual minor in BS studies and avoiding laundry.